(Bit off topic, sorry) is that I could really easily get pregnant, have a baby then when that baby grows up a bit it could destroy the flat, like toddlers do. After that I could have more and more babies and have them all destroy the furniture and walls and stuff. All that but I'm still not allowed a single cat.
Why are landlords so mean?

Honestly I don't know for sure if landlords have an issue with babies but I seem to recall they used to. However, that was 10+ years back when everyone was being sold mortgages. I think we're moving into times now where landlords recognise that people are renting in order to live not just as a stop-gap before they buy their own place.

But I have a dog and I don't think I'm a cunt, so there's at least some of "us" out there that are responsible.

In saying that, most quality breeders will not give you a dog if they know you're unable to look after it. We had to essentially pass a basic interview to make sure we weren't buying ours for a lovely pelt purse.

Ahem... we, as part of the human race, have certain biological imperatives, one of which is the continuation of the species. In having a baby and raising it to adulthood you are helping to keep a good thing going, so I don't propose that anything get in the way of that. Dogs, on the other hand, originated on the wild - and didn't rely on humans to procreate and live their lives. Once adopted by humans - effectively as tools for a job, we humans owed them certain responsibilities. Nowadays, however, most dogs do a less useful service in our employ - yet we refuse or are unable to release them from slavery. People effectively cart around cats and dogs as a confection or entertainment, which I feel is demeaning to both involved parties.

Having a dog as a companion is fine, but without properly researching how to take care of your companion and having the willingness to devote a reasonable proportion of your time to it, you are going to have a pet that is miserable and makes other people miserable.

Don't get me started on cats - the amount of birds that domestic cats kill every year amounts to genocide.

I'm not saying battery farming or locking dogs in sheds is good, obviously.

But we as a species were once free to run around shit everywhere and actually the first opportunity we got to sit down all day and eat food without having to run and chase it, we took it.

I'm sure dogs are similar: as long as they get to go out and have a bit of a walk they'd probably take being indoors in the warm and petted over and fed all day over running free over the fields and having to catch rabbits just to avoid starvation.